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Jordan police say they detonated explosives hidden in a warehouse in capital

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Jordanian security forces said on Monday they uncovered and detonated explosives hidden in a commercial warehouse in an industrial area southeast of the capital Amman.

The explosives belonged to a terrorist group linked to Iran © Mena Today 

The explosives belonged to a terrorist group linked to Iran © Mena Today 

Jordanian security forces said on Monday they uncovered and detonated explosives hidden in a commercial warehouse in an industrial area southeast of the capital Amman.

Witnesses had earlier said security forces had sealed the Abu Alanda area in a wide scale security operation that comes two days after authorities announced they had detonated explosives uncovered in another location in the capital.

Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi

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